RED CLIFFS
THE winner of the Red Cliffs Open A Grade Scratch 36 holes was Brendan Rowse with rounds of 71 and 72 from Craig Jervies 78 and 72.
B grade winner was Neville Birch 82 and 84 from Craig Jukes 85 and 88.
C grade winner was Jason Cox 93 and 98 from Dylan Burnett 94 and 100.
Handicap winners were A grade Rowse 71 and 72 from Jervies 74 and 71. B Grade Birch 71 and 73 from Michael Hogan 75 and 71 .
C grade Cox 73 and 78 from Rohan Hillier 75 and 78.
Winner of the ladies A grade scratch 36 holes was Sue Laird 83 and 81 from Lisa Garioch 85 and 79 after a sudden death play-off .
B grade winner Emmalee Beggs on 198 on a count back from Kaye Hart.
Handicap winners A grade Faye Englefield 74 and 77 (144) from Lisa Garioch 76 and 70 (146), B grade Emmalee Beggs 80 and 72 (152) from Rita Chase 77 and 78 (155)
Daily events: Saturday men’s A grade Brendan Rowse on 71 net from Trevor Riordan on 72 net on a countback.
In B grade it was Jason Hartley on 70 net from Lewis Gunn on 71 net.
C grade winner was Tristan Stephens on 69 net from Jason Cox on 73net.
Sunday’s A grade winner was Craig Jervies 71 net on a countback from Justin McPhee on 71 net.
B Grade winner was Michael Hogan on 71 net from Neville Birch 73 net.
C Grade Winner Kevin Leach 74 net from Dale Storer on 75 net.
Ladies daily events; Saturday A grade Deb Hassell 73 net from Faye Englefield on 74.
B Grade Rita Chase 77 from Margaret Stanbrook 78 on a countback.
Sunday A grade winner was Lisa Garioch on a countback from Faye Englefield both on 70 net.
Junior scratch winner Stephanie Baker 91 84 175
Junior net winner Emmalee Beggs 80 72 152.
WENTWORTH
THURSDAY’S Stableford event was convincingly won by Donny Sproh, except for the two out of bounds on 18 it was a great round for 41 points.
Runner-up and by some distance at that was Bill Slee with 35 points.
Ball winners were Glen Walker on 35 points and John Stephens on 34 points.
NTP Bill Slee 315cm on the eighth.
Mr Risky with 28 points went to Howard Hankinson.
Sunday’s Stroke and Championship round one.
Howard Hankinson produced the best round with a 71 net to lead the field on day one.
Runner up Bill Slee three strokes behind with 74 net.
Closely followed by Garry Bourke 75 net and Damian Fairley 76 net.
Nearest the pin on the eighth with 315cm Howard Hankinson.
Mr Risky to Ged Chapman with 86 net.
Don’t forget to mark your card as championship on Thursday.
MERBEIN
Wednesdays round saw Tom Crouch win by 2 shots over the Wednesday specialist.
Irish stableford was played on Saturday, this is where you play of scratch and then add your handicap to your stableford score. Paul Barrow easily accounted for the rest of the field by scoring a massive 48 points.
Winner: T Crouch 80/69. R/up: R Walder 81/71
Balls: M Holding 93/72 G Kerr 91/74
NTP’s: 2nd R Walder 680cm, 3rd M Holding 195cm, 18th T Crouch 128cm
Saturday: Winner: P Barrow 48 points. R/up: D Timmis 40points. Balls: P. Mulder 39 points, M. Wilkes 38 points, M. Vining 38 points
NTP’s: 2nd P Barrow 298cm, 16th M Wilkes 310cm, 18th R. Walder and P. Mulder 310cm.
Merbein Open is being played on the 21st and 22nd of November.
Please contact Drummond Golf to book your time slot. Entry is $30 for the 2 days.
COOMEALLA
WEDNESDAY was a two person Ambrose par three event.
A Grade winner: Troy Neville and Richard Vandenberg 45.5 net, runner-up: Paul Matthews and Ken Sudholz 45.75 net.
Ball comp: (30) 45.5 to 50.5
Nearest the pins: third: Gary Fumberger 216cm, seventh: Jack Budd, 11th: Ross Robertson 166cm, 18th: Troy Neville 302 cm
Wednesday Women: 2 Person Ambrose Par 3 course
Winner – Rochelle Schlein and Sue Laird 43.5 net. Runner-up: Glenys Anderson and Nia Whittle 47.75 nett
Ball comp: (7) 43.5 net to 50 net.
Ntps: third: Glenys Anderson, seventh: Nia Whittle 85cm.
Friday: medley 12 hole Stableford president’s port. Winner: Chris Gurney 22 points. Runner-up: Michael Golitschenko 21 points count back.
Ball comp: (2) 21 to 20
NTP’s: seventh: Sonya Golitschenko 350cm.
Saturday men: A grade winner: Rhys Keating 40 points.
Runner-up: Mark McDonald 39 points, third: Richard Vandenberg 38 points.
B grade: winner: Paul Matthews 40 points. Runner-up: Adam Philp 37 points, third: Tim Knight 36 points
C grade: winner: Anthony Besgrove 40 points.
Runner-up: Bob Fleiner 40 points. Third: Craig Lovel 38 points
Ball comp: (25) 40 to 35.
NTPS: third: Ray Lyons 197cm, seventh: Anthony Mills 176cm, 11th: Noel Thomas 780cm, 18th: Craig Tung 9cm.
Saturday women: winner: Carol Zimmermann 38 points c/b. Runner-up: Maureen Bailey 38 points.
Ball Comp: (5) 38 to 33.
Nearest the pins: third: Michele Philp 36cm, seventh: Heidi Schultz 130cm, 11th: Sue Jones 119cm, 18th: Ninette Mammone 50cm.
Sunday – Medley Stableford
Winner: Aaron Duck 43 points. Runner-up: Luke Perry 41 points.
Ball Comp: (10) 43 to 35
NTP’S: third: Mark Johns 585cm, seventh: Luke Perry 105cm, 11th: Jai Hudson 211cm, 18th: James Daly 390cm.
Golf club annual general meeting November 17 7.30pm in Kookaburra Lounge at Golf Club.
RIVERSIDE
THE competition on October 26 needed a four way count back to determine the placings.
Ray Cottle came out on top followed by Ken Upton, Greg King and Alec Cattanach all on 36 points.
The par five 14th rewarded Mark Woodhouse with an Eagle.
Tuesday saw Meg Hamence win the Ladies nine hole comp with a nice 20 points, from Leonie Nott 18 points.
The men’s Stableford on Wednesday had two on 39 points in A Grade, with Malcolm Kalms in first place over Jon Slatter.
Another count back in B grade gave the win to Ian Walder, in front of Ken Hornsby, both on 36 points.
Thursday was the ladies wind up day, presentations and AGM.
The comp was a 3BBB Stableford, with the outcome being decided by a count back, with both teams finishing on an outstanding 50 points.
Lisa Garioch, Jenny Clarke and Ayse Jewitt edged out Lee Bottomley, Janette Mason and Ros Nash’s team.
May Connolly will be continuing on as ladies captain, with Lorraine Palmer and Pat Riordan as joint vice captains.
Heather Klemm will take on the ladies president position and Maeve Fraser will stay on as secretary.
Thank you to the outgoing committee members, as we welcome in the new in anticipation of 2021.
Congratulations to all end of year trophies winners.
With count backs being the flavour of the week, Friday’s nine hole Medley saw Steven Peterson (21 points) grab the win from Jeremy Goodieson.
Wendy Dawson made the most of her 35 points in the Ladies Stableford on Saturday.
A big field on Saturday in the men’s comp produced three grades.
Michael Holcroft took out A grade with 38 points over runner up Barry Pilgram (37 points).
The score of the week came in B Grade from Ryan Mike, with a massive 45 points, five in front of second place Reece Godfrey (40 points) after a count back against George Riordan.
An excellent 41 points from Cliff Cooke put him on top in C Grade, with runner up Gary Van Steenis close behind on 40 points.
Sunday’s medley Stableford was a winner for Nic Cairns after his round of 40 points.
Noel Thomas was second (37 points) after a count back with Nicholas George.
VETERANS
THE November meeting of the district veteran golfers is traditionally the date for our Annual General Meeting.
Next Monday’s event at the Riverside Golf Club was originally listed as a 4BBB Par but with the restrictions imposed by the Covid outbreak it has been rescheduled to become our championship round.
Players will play a stroke round to determine the overall champion, the A and B grade scratch winners and the A and B grade handicap winners.
There is the Nearest the Pin competition on all par threes.
Players need to have played one previous round to qualify.
An alternative prize will be awarded to any winning non qualifying member allowing everyone to participate.
Following our regular process registration begins from 8.30am and the round will begin around 9.30am.
Cost will be $20 covering green fees, competition fees and a lunch.
Carts are available for just $10 per player and can be booked by contacting the club directly.
Players are reminded that they will need to wear a mask and maintain social distancing. Members are asked to share this information at their local clubs to ensure a good field contests this event.
The course is in excellent condition especially after the recent rain.
Following the game the AGM will be held.
Players are asked to have a say in next year’s draw, elect our leadership and discuss issues that will help us continue to provide a great opportunity for district vets to participate in a district competition.
See you there.
MILDURA
THE Mildura ladies played Texas Stableford in threes on Tuesday, the winning team was Bev Matthews, Ruth Rodi, and Margaret McGlashan who scored 118 points. Glenda Hiskins, Fran Thornton, and Margaret Morrison finished in second place with 111 points. The nearest the pin prizes were won by Rhonda Young (first hole, 782 cm); Mabel Crouch (second hole, 76 cm); Rhonda Young (10th hole, 106 cm); and Sandra Hutchinson (12th hole, 27cm).
The men played 4BBB stableford in pairs on Wednesday.
Ivan and David Robinson teamed well and scored 51 points for a win; Ross Williams and Dennis McLaughlan were second with 48 points; and Philip Adams and Lee Tucker had 47 points to finish third on countback from the pairs of Fred Stewart and Paul Wilton, and Don McConnell and David Whitelaw.
Balls went to those pairs that scored 44 points or better.
Nearest the pin prizes were won by Mick Killeen (first hole, 349 cm); Joe Rocca (second hole , 420 cm, which also won the pig prize); and Ron Rowse (12th hole, 18cm).
The Friday 9 hole stableford competition was won by Elaine Henshall who scored 22 points, and Bev Stone scored 21 points to finish in second place.
The men’s competition on Saturday was a single Stableford in three grades.
Wayne Gill scored 38 points to win A grade from Wayne Manley on 37, and Rob Donaldson on 36 points.
Alan Lay won B grade by scoring 37 points, with David Robinson and Gavan Tellefson both scoring 36 points to finish second and third respectively.
Peter Briggs had 39 points for a win in C grade, ahead of John Edwards on 35 and Perry Hill on 34 points.
The nearest the pin prizes went to Rod Ford (hole in one on first hole, which also cleaned out the eagles nest), Wayne Manley (second hole342 cm which also won the pig prize), Ben Callaghan (tenth hole, 236 cm); and Wayne Gill (twelveth hole, 517 cm). Golf balls were awarded to twenty two players who scored 34 points or better, on countback.
The veterans stableford competition on Monday 2 November was won by George Poriazis who scored 39 points, from Joe Rocca on 36 points, and Jeff Giddings on 35.
